The drug dealer suddenly grabbed the person's neck and quickly dragged him to a nearby corner, pressing his back tightly against the wall.
He did this purposefully; the body of the person he controlled was completely exposed, while his own body was entirely shielded by the wall.
In this way, the police couldn't shoot at him at all.
The officers at the station saw this and immediately aimed their guns at their location, with tension written all over their faces.
The drug dealer taking a hostage and hiding in the corner was a truly tricky situation.
Therefore, they didn't dare to act recklessly and could only try to stabilize him first.
Chen Ming said bluntly, "Please stay calm, we can sit down and talk this over."
However, that drug dealer couldn't remain calm any longer and fired two shots into the ground.
Immediately after, he pressed the muzzle tightly against the hostage's temple and said flusteredly:
"Back off, everybody back off! I need a car, give me a car now!"
He hadn't expected their hideout to be suddenly exposed, but now he had no time to care about this, he just wanted to escape from there as quickly as possible.
Since he had a hostage, the police were at a loss for what to do.
At the same time, the Southern Border police were devising measures according to the scene.
"This building was constructed in the 1960s, specially reinforced, with steel-reinforced concrete walls, and a Mohs hardness of 8. Our weapons cannot penetrate it." An expert in the conference hall pulled up the warehouse data and explained to the people both in the hall and on the communicator.
To penetrate walls with this hardness, one would need large-caliber anti-material weapons, but such weapons have great destructive power and weren't carried for this operation.
Learning this, the people in the conference room fell into silence, their expressions heavy.
Is it really a dead end? Do we really have to compromise with this drug dealer?
...
At this time, on the other side, Chen Ming was still trying to negotiate with the drug dealer: "We will consider your demands, but you must release the hostage first, so we can negotiate further."
Lin Beichen felt speechless when he heard this. Who would believe such a promise?
If the drug dealer released the hostage, then what more would be there to talk about? They could just wait to be caught!
Sure enough, the drug dealer furiously said, "Do you think you can fool me? Stop stalling!"
After speaking, he fired two more shots into the ground and said viciously: "Get me a car quickly, or I'll really kill him!"
He then pressed the gun against the person's head again, finger on the trigger, as if about to shoot at any moment.
"Help! Please save me!" The hostage called out in despair.
Hearing the cry for help, both the Venomous Snake Special Team and the police were at their wits' end; the situation was indeed very tricky for them.
"What should we do? The drug dealer is hiding in the corner, we can't hit him. But if we rashly rush in and he really shoots the hostage, what then?" said the Deputy Group Leader of the second action team, Wang Hai, anxiously.
Others also looked troubled, no good solutions came to mind.
Lin Beichen glanced at the situation over there, then calmly said: "He won't kill the hostage. If he kills the hostage, he loses his bargaining chip with us."
Everyone thought there was reason in Lin Beichen's words. But what if the drug dealer furiously shoots the hostage?
Chen Ming said with a frown: "What if he furious shoots the hostage?"
After all, the military and police consistently adhered to the principle of not allowing an innocent civilian to be sacrificed.
Lin Beichen looked at him and slowly said: "How do you know the hostage he's taking is necessarily innocent?"
Chen Ming was taken aback: "This..."
"Nevertheless, we still need to ensure the hostage's safety as much as possible."
Lin Beichen nodded. Indeed, for that possibility, they couldn't act rashly. But... Lin Beichen put down his gun, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, seemed to look for something but couldn't find it. Then he glanced ahead, thought for a moment, and directly turned to leave.
Xia Luyao, who was always observing the situation ahead, inadvertently saw Lin Beichen turning to leave. At such a tense moment, where was Lin Beichen going?
Xia Luyao furrowed her brow and followed him, asking: "Lin Beichen, where are you going?"
Seeing her catch up, Lin Beichen didn't hide it and directly said: "To find scissors, do you know where there are some?"
"Scissors?" Xia Luyao asked in disbelief, "At a time like this, what do you need scissors for?"
Lin Beichen waved the yellow paper in his hand and calmly said: "To cut paper!"
"What? Cut paper? Do you know what time it is, Lin Beichen, over there…"
Xia Luyao couldn't believe Lin Beichen, but before she could finish, Lin Beichen interrupted her.
"I know, that's why I need scissors to cut paper!" Lin Beichen stopped in his tracks and calmly looked at Xia Luyao, saying.
"You…" Xia Luyao looked at Lin Beichen's calm demeanor and suddenly remembered the talisman papers he had previously given them, which seemed to be made of this kind of paper. So, could it be that Lin Beichen planned to use this to rescue the hostage?
Xia Luyao thought for a moment and cautiously asked: "Lin Beichen, are you planning to use these papers to save the hostage?" However, using paper cutting to save a hostage did sound a bit odd.
Lin Beichen listened to Xia Luyao's inquiry, smiled slightly, and nodded: "Yes, that's right, your little brain is quite quick."
"So what should we do next?" Xia Luyao asked curiously.
Lin Beichen sighed softly and straightforwardly said: "Time is tight now, there's no time to elaborate. Quick, help me find a pair of scissors."